Combined cover press and nailing machine



March 9 1926.

G. D. PARKER COMBINED COVER PRESS AND NAILING MACHINE Filed Dec. 16, 1924 4 SheetsSheet 1 March 9 1926.

G. D. PARKER COMBINED COVER PRESS AND NAILING MACHINE 1924 4 SheetsSheet 2 Filed Dec. 16

March 9 1926. 1,576,213

G. D. PARKER COMBINED COVER PRESS AND NAILING MACHINE March 9 1926. 1,576,213

G. D. PARKER COMBINED COVER PRESS AND NAILING MACHINE Filed Dec 16, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 4 III! Gig. 4L

gi /g g Patented Mar. 9,

GEORGE DAVID PARKER, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED COVER PRESS AND I NAILING I AGHINE.

Application Med December 16, 1924. Serial No. 758,238.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of-Riverside and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cover Presses and Nailing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a machine for nailing the lids and cleats on filled orange or apple boxes, but is as well adapted to nailing covers on boxes of any kind whether containing fruit or other commodities, or for nailing the bottoms on empty boxes.

In packing oranges and apples it is customary to overfill the boxes so that the fruit extends considerably above theisides of the boxes. In nailing on the lids a bulge is created at the center of the top since the fruit when packed cannot be completely pressed into the boxes. This overfilling when packin is necessary to take care of natural shrin age of the fruit during shipment and storage so the consumer will get a full box.

The fruit is most carefully packed into each box by hand, each fruit usually being wrapped in paper and symmetrically placed in the box.

In nailing the lids or covers to the boxes, the practice heretofore has been to provide a foot press along the runway down which the boxes are passed, adapted for manual operation to spring and clam the cover in place and securely hold it w ile the operator places the end cleats over the corners of the covers and nails them in place, after which the clamping mechanism is released and the closed box passed and another placed in its position and operated on in the same manner.

This manner of securing the covers to orange and apple boxes is more or less of a laborious procedure and the nailing is not always secure, the placing of the nails and the numbers of nails used on each cover being more or less optional with the operator considerable variation in the quality of the work occurs during a days run and .many boxes are passed that are not as securely or as well nailed as they might be.

In the invention disclosed herein I proclamping and springing of the cover in correct and proper position on the box is a manual operation by manipulation of suitable mechanism for the purpose through the.

medium of a. foot lever.

It is a prlncipal object of the invention, therefore, to provide a machine wherein the important. operations of positioning and nailing the covers and cleats on the boxes is performed by suitable accurately operative automatic mechanism.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a machine for the purpose that will have the manipulatiomof the placin and clamping mechanism under the manna control of an operator so that propel-precautions may be taken durin this operation to prevent any damage or displacement of the fruit as it is being pressed down into the box by the cover as it is sprung and clamped into place for nailing.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a self contained unitary machine, simple in construction; easy and durable in operation and having automatically oper ative mechanism where such can be advantageously used and having manually manipulative mechanism where such seems better suited to the purpose, both of which mechanisms are coactive and cooperative to produce the result desired in the minimum of time and without the need of a skilled operator.

lVith such objects in view as well as'other advantages inherent in the invention, I wish it understood that the novel structural peculiarities; novel organization of elements and the separate and collective operations involved in carrying out the objects of my invention may be varied in their proportions, placements, general arrangement and operative relation without departing from the scope and nature of the invention.

In carrying out the objects of the invention-in a concrete form or machine other employ, and some of the parts and com binations of parts may be used without the others in different types of such machines without departure from the purview of my invention, and I regard myself as entitled to such variations from the shown and described devices as fall within the scope and meaning of the claims hereto appended.

Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings in connection with the description to follow will give a much clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the arrangement and operation of a machine emborying my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. The position of the various parts in this view is just at the end of an operation. The box lid and cleats have been nailed in place on the box and it is ready to pass on and the next box takes its place. The movement of the boxes past the machine is in the direction of the arrows on the box sides. The nail hoppers and parts carried on the top of the machine have been omitted in this view. The nailing apparatus is substantially like that used on all of my various box nailing machines and has been repeatedly shown and described in previous patents so that it is deemed unnecessary to show it in detail in this application and drawings. The various operative arts that are new with this machine are 0 early shown. This view ver clearly shows how the bulge is produce in the top of the box when the cover is permanently applied, to take care of the natural shrinkage occurring during shipment and storage of the fruit. As the shrinkage takes place the cover will tend to flatten and hold the fruit in place so that at no time will it be loose enough in the box to lose its symmetrical arrangement of packing. When the fruits are hand packed in the boxes each individual fruit is wrapped in paper. In this view as well as subsequent views I have shown the fruit as packed without the paper wrapping to better show its arrangement in the box.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1 looking from the right. The positions of the operative elements in this view, however, are more nearly like that of Figure 4. A box is in nailing position with the cleats and cover clamped in placed ready for the nailing operation. In this view I have shown the positions of the nail hoppers and the mechanism for operating them, merel as indicating how the appear on the mac ine.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the clamping mechanism in relation to a box cover in position to have the cover sprung down over the fruit and clamped in position ready for nailing. Most of the frame work has been omitted as well as all of the nailing mechanismw'The clamping mechanism is in transit, being under movement through the depression of'the foot pedal provided for the purpose. The flashers for engaging the ends of the cover and alignin it with the box have just reached the limit of their pivotal movement and are just about to advance .vertically, first carrying and positioning the cleats onthe outer ends of the cover and then springing the cover down onto the box and at the same time pressing the fruit down into the box with the bulge in the center being formed during this pressing operation.

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 but with the cover and cleats clamped in place ready for nailing and the bulge in the top fully developed. The foot lever is now ratcheted in place and another foot lever manipulated which sets the nailing mechanism in operation. This latter lever and the nailing mechanism are omitted from both Figs. 3 and 4 to give clarity to the drawings.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description of the construction and operation of the illustrated machine embodying my invention I wish to mention that the several views constituting the drawings herewith were selected and portrayed in a manner that was thought would best illustrate the inventive thought without confining the showing to an exact scale or dimensions. The operative features may be more or less diagrammatic; some parts may be more or less out of relative proportion and the engineering features of construction may be somewhat at variance with the best or preferred practices in machines of this type. With this understanding of the accompanying drawings we may proceed with the more detailed description of the construction and operation of the machine as illustrated.

The general arrangement of the machine contemplates a base member 1 on which are mounted frame supporting and bearing members 2 and 3, the members 2 and 3 carrying upright members 4 and 5 which latter members constitute the main support for the operative mechanism above the base structure.

A motor 6 provides suitable power for emma drivin the moving parts of the machine throng the medium of a silent chain drive indicated at 7, passin from the motor shaft to a clutch gear 8. he clutch gear 8 being manipulated through the movement of the clutching mechanism 9 operated by movement of the foot lever 10 and connecting parts. 11 indicates a brake drumand mechanism for stop ing the machine instantly whenever the c utch mechanism is released. The clutching and brake mechanism is standard construction as used universally in my various types of nailing machines as shown and described in my previous patents and needs no further description in connection with this machine as it forms no part of this invention except in its combination with other elements.

The clutch gear 8 is mounted on a shaft 12 the outer end of which carries a pinion 13 meshing with the large gear 14 mounted on the shaft 15. The large gear 14 forms a crank gear together with the crank arm 16 on the opposite end of the shaft 15, where- 1 by through the medium of the connecting rods 17 and 18 the nailing mechanism is brought into operation, whenever the foot pedal 10 is depressed.

On the left end of the shaft 12 is placed a hand wheel 20 for manual manipulation of the machine in emergency.

Integral with the clutch gear 8 is a pinion 21 meshing with the reduction gear 22, the hub of the gear 22 carries a pinion 23 meshing with the gear 24, the hub of the gear 24 carries a pinion 25 meshing with the gear 26.

On the shaft 27 carrying the gear 26 is mounted a crank 28 which crank operates the nail pan and attendant mechanism through the connecting rod 29. Figure 2 is the only view that shows these various gear connections as they all relate to the opera-. tion of the nail pan and are only introduced to give a comparatively slow movement to. the nail pan and mechanism in relation to the other movements in the machine and are not shown in further detail as they are practieally the same in operation, construction and general arrangement as is used in my other various box nailing machines and are fully described and illustrated in my previous patents.

We will now leave this part of the apparatus and proceed with a detailed description of the mechanism that forms the subject matter of this invention, understanding of course that the parts just described form a part of the invention in combination with the other operative mechanism.

Suitably positioned on the upright frame members 4 and 5 are table members 30 and 31 carrying on\ their upper faces the roller conveyor member 32 over which the boxes are passed in sequence as they are operated on by the nailing machine. This conveyor 32 forms a link of a continuous conveying stem over which the boxes are moved in t eir passage through the packing house and is placed in such alignment therewith that the boxes move onto and off thereof without any particuar attention from the operator of the machine.

The upper ends of the frame members 4 and 5 are tied by bein secured to the cross member 33, they thus orm rigid guides and sup orts for the cover clamping and nailing mec anism.

Mounted adjacent the top of these frame members 4 and 5 is the nailing frame 34. actuated by the connecting rods 17 and 18 which are also standard construction on my nailing machines, their action coming into effect during the nailing operation wherein the nailing members or chucks are brought into pressing contact with the parts to be nailed, the springs 36 compressing to' take care of oversize shocks thereby driving flush nails at all times. 4

Mounted on the frame members 4 and 5 directly under the nailing frame is the pressing mechanism for placing and holdmg the cleats and covers in place until engaged by the nailing mechanism.

This pressing mechanism comprises the clamping frame 37 carrying the bearing arms 38 on the outer. ends of which the flushers 39 are pivotally connected. Intermediate of the frame 37 are crank shafts 40 carrying on one end the cranks 41, the connectin rods 42 connecting the flushers 39 with the cranks 41. On the other ends of the crank shafts 40 are mounted the crank arms 42, having operative connection with the rock shaft 43 carried by the table members 30 and 31, through the medium of connecting rods 44. .A crank 45 mounted on the shaft 43 serves to actuate the rods 44 and the attendant connections just described. Also mounted on the shafts 40 are step members or arms 46 having adjustabie stop members in their outer ends for engaging the top of the frame member 37 and thus regulate the positions of the flushers when they are moved into clamping position, this action being clearly shown in Figure 4.

The operation of the pressing and clamping mechanism is entirely manual and is brought into action through the operation of the foot lever 47 finding pivotal connection at 48 in the bearing member 2. The foot lever 47 is shown in its highest position in Figure 1 and in its lowest position in Figure 2 in which cases the presser frame 37 is in its highest and lowest positions. Fig. 1 showing the highest, Fig. 3 an intermediate, and Fig. 4 the lowest positions. Fig. 2 also shows the lowest positions of the parts but they are not so clearly shown as in the other gures.

The foot lever has operative connection with the presser mechanism through the medium of the connecting rod 49 and crank arm on the shaft 43.

Pivotally mounted on the table member 30 is a swinging ratchet lever 51 held in a normal operative position by a spring abutting against the bearing member 2. Carried on the foot lever 47 is an' auxiliary foot operated ratchet lever 53, Fig. 2. When the foot lever 47 is fully depressed as in Fig. 2 the ratchet lever 53 is in operative engagement with the ratchet arm 51 thereby holding the foot lever securely in its downmost position b means of pawl 53 and spring, and also olding the box cover pressing mechanism securely down on the cover while the nailing operation takes lace.

The crank gear 14 carries on its rim a cam portion 54, Fig. 2, the purpose of which will be explained in referring to the operation of the machine. The ratchet arm 51 carries a cam roller 55 which coacts with the cam 54 to cause a release of the ratcheted arm 51.

I will now proceed with a description of the operation of the machine when nailing the covers on orange or apple boxes.

This description may vary somewhat for different conditions in different packing houses or for nailing the covers or bottoms on boxes for other purposes but will be substantially as here given for the fruits mentioned.

\Ve will sup ose that the machine is in the position 0 Fig. 1, the completed box in this view having been passed along the roller runway the next approaching box seen at the right is placed in position under the presser mechanism. The operator places the cleats 56 in the flushers 39 which are held in place with the spring pressed latches 57, he straightens the cover squarely on top of the oranges or apples and in'alignment. approximately, with the ends of the box, the side alignment being accomplished through placing the cover against the guide bar 58, best shown in Fig. 2, the guide bar 58 also serving to align the box laterally when it is placed in position. Below the guide bar 58 is a companion guide bar 59 carrying a box stop member 60 adjusted to position the box longitudinally as it is placed in position on the machine. Having placed the box, cleats and cover in approximate positions the operator places his foot on the operating lever 47 and begins depressing it. This depression actuates through the various connections described, the flushers 39, cranks 41, 42 and 46, moving them into the positions of Fig. 3. It is here seen that the stop cranks 46 are against the top faces of the presser frame 37 which brings the operating faces of the flushers 39 into engage ment with the ends of the cover and corrects any slight misalignment that may exist and places the cover in the desired alignment with the ends of the box.

Continued pressure on the foot lever 47 will now begin to move the presser frame 37 downward, all of the other mechanism hav ing been stopped when the arms 46 contacted with the top of the frame 37, the whole mechanism now moving as a single unit into the position of Fig. 4, carrying the cleats and cover down onto the box and compressing the fruit down into approximately the positions shown, leaving a bulge in the center of the cover. In order to prevent the bulge from remaining too high and thus shortening the cover so it will not be securely nailed at the ends a center pres'ser bar is provided as indicated at 61. .Vhen the mechanism has reached the position of Fig. 4 the foot lever will have reached the position of Fig. 2 and the auxiliary foot lever will have engaged the ratcheted arm 51 and thus locked the foot lever in place.

The cover and cleats are now securely held in place ready for nailing to the box. The operator now places his foot on the lever 10, actuating the clutch member 9 to engage the clutch with the operative mechanism through the clutch gear 8 and attendant parts as have been described. This act places in operation the nailing mechanism which descends and nails the cleats and cover to the box in substantially the same manner as takes place in any other of my nailing machines.

As soon as the operator has locked-the lever for clamping the covers in place and placed his foot on the lever for actuating the nailing mechanism he can if he desires di rect his attention to the next approaching box and cover as the remaining operations of nailing and releasing the clamping mechanism are entirely automatic.

As soon as the nailing mechanism is brought into action the crank gear 14 and crank 16 begin to rotate and lower the nailing mechanism down into contact with the cover and continued movement of these parts will drive the nails and return the mechanism to its up position, at which point the lever 10 automatically releases when the brake mechanism will come into play and stop the parts immediately.

When the crank gear 14 begins to rotate the cam 54 Fig. 2 rotates with it and as soon as the cam engages. the roller 55 on the ratchet arm 51, the arm 51 is drawn away from contact with the foot lever 53 which permits the foot lever 47 and all of the cover clamping mechanism to move up into their inoperative positions through the action of the spring 62 Fig. 1, the upper end of which is secured to the nailing frame 34 and the lower end to the connection carrying the lower ends of the rods 44. An additional spring 63 is also provided to assist in bringing the various parts back to their inoperative positions.

There are times when the cleats are nailed to the covers before'they are passed to the cover nailing machines. In these cases the spring pressed latches 57 are swung up out of the way and held by the same springs as hold them in operative position;

I claim 1. In a machine for the purpose described, means for clamping a cover in place on a box comprising a movable member, pivoted means carried at the opposite ends thereof for movement to engage the cover at two opposite ends to align the same, means for moving the movable member and the pivoted means with their engaged cover as a unit for pressing the said engaged ends into contact with the box, and means for nailing the said positioned ends of the cover to the box.

2. In a machine for the purpose described, means, manually manipulative, for clamping a cover in place on a box comprising members for engaging two opposite edges of a cover and pressing the said edges into contact with the box, and means for then nailing the said positioned edges of the cover to the box. 7

3. In a machine for the purpose described,

manually manipulative means for clamping-- a cover in place on a box comprising pivoted members for engaging two opposite edges of a cover and pressing the said edges into contact with a box, and means for then nailing the said positioned edges to the box. I

4. In a machine for the purpose described, manually manipulative means for engaging and clamping a cover to a box comprising pivoted members for engaging two opposite edges of a cover and presslng the said edges into contact with a. box, and automatic means for then nailing the said positioned edges of the said cover to the box.

5. In a machine for the purpose described, means, manually manipulative, for engaging and clamping a cover to a box comprising a reciprocating frame member carrying pivoted aligning and clamping means for engaging two opposite edges of a box cover an positioning and clamping said edges to a box, and means for t en nailing the said ositioned edges to the said box.

6. In a machine for the purpose described,

manually manipulative means for engaging and clamping a cover to a box comprising a reciprocating frame member carrying pivoted. aligning and clamping means for enga ing two opposite edges of a box cover an positioning and clamping said edges to a b x, and manually ontr lled p r operated means for then nailing the said positioned edges to the said box.

7. In a machine for nailing. covers to over filled orange or apple boxes comprising;J a reciprocating cross head arranged over a ox and carrying means for engaging a. cover by its edges while said cover is resting on top of the projecting fruit whereby the reciprocation of said cross head will press the fruit down into the box leaving a bulge in the center and contacting two opposlte edgesof the said cover with the box, and means for then nailing the two said edgesto the said box.

8. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a movable member arranged adjacent a box and carrying means for engaging a cover by its edges while said cover 15 resting on top of the projecting fruit whereby the movement of said member will press the fruit down into the box leaving a bulge in the center and bringing two opposite edges of the cover into contact with the said box, and means under the control of the lriperator for nailing the said cover to said 9. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a manually manipulative movable member arranged over a box, pivoted means carried by said member for engaging a cover by its edges while it is loosely restin on top of the projecting fruit whereby t e movement of said member will cause the pivoted means to press the fruit down into the box leaving a bulge in the center and bringing two opposite ed es of the cover into contact with the box, an manually controlled power l(:perated means for nailing the cover to the 10. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a reciprocating cross head arranged adjacent a filled box, manually manipulative pivoted members carried by the cross head for engaging the edges of a cover while loosely resting on top of the projecting fruit whereby when the said cross head is reciprocated the said pivoted members will ress the said cover down onto the projectng fruits, pressin it into the box and leavmg a. bulge in t 'e center when opposite edges of said cover are in contact with the box, and power operated means for then nailin said cover to the box.

11. n a. machine for nailin covers to over filled orange and apple oxes comprising a cover placing and clampin means and a nailing means both mounte for reciprocation in substantially the same vertical plane, the clamping means comprising a member carrying means for engaging t o opposite e gas of a box cover to ah and position the seat cover to e be:

in place while bein whereby a bulge is left in the center when the cover is positioned to the box and two edges of the cover are in nailing position with said box, and means for then nailing the said cover to the said box.

12. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxescomprising a cover placing and clamping means and a cover nailing means operative as independent units, one placed in operative position over the other, means for holding a box in position under said clamping and nailing means, manual means for operating said placing and clampin means for position a cover on a box, an other manual means for bringing into operation the said nailing means 'whereby the said cover is secured to the said box.

13. In a machine for nailin covers to over filled orange and apple xes comprising a runway down which boxes are passed in sequence, a. machine table forming a link in said runway, cover positioning and clamping means and cover nailing means arranged over said runway, and manually manipulative means for bringing said clam in means and said nailin means into successive operation to nail a cover to each box as it is passed along the said run- 51. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising manually operative reciprocating clamping and positioning means for engaging two opposite edges of a box cover and pressing said cover onto a box whereby a bulge is left in the center when two opposite edges are in contact with the said box, locking means for holding said clamping means in position, and manual means for bringing into operation nailing means for nailing the said cover to the said box.

15. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising clamping and positioning means for engaging the edges of a loosely positioned cover and pressing said cover onto a box whereby a bulge is left in the center when two edges of the coverare in contact with the said box, means for locking said cover nailed to the said box, manually controlle nailing mechanism operative for nailing the said cover to the said box, and means carried by said nailin mechanism for releasing the said cover locking means after said cover has been nailed to the said box.

16. In a machine -for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising manually operative reciprocating clamping and positioning means for engaging two opposite edgesof a box cover and pressing said cover onto a box whereby a ulge is left in the center when two opposite edges are in nailing positi9n,'1 king means for holding said cover clam ing means in clamping position while nailing said cover to sand box, nailin mechanism, and means carried by said nalling mechanism for releasing said locking means after said cover has been nailed to said box.

17. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a reciprocating clamplng member carrying pivoted aligning and holding members having movement toward and away from each other whereby they are adapted to embrace the edges of a loosely placed cover and align and position the same relative to a box, means for reciprocaiting said clamping member whereby the box cover is sprung down onto the box leaving a bulge in the center for the accommodation of protruding fruit and bringing two edges of said cover into contact with said box, and means for then nailing said cover to said box.

18. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a clampin member carrying aligning and holding mem ers having movement toward and away from each other whereby they are adapted to embrace edges of a loosely placed cover and position and align the same relative to a box, means for operating said clamping member to spring the said cover down onto the said box whereby a bulge is left in the center when the edges are in nailing position, and means for then nailing the said cover to the box.

19. In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a member carrying holding and alignin members for clamping a cover to a box, sai aligning members having relative movement whereby they are adapted to embrace the edges of a box cover and align the same relative to a box, means for causing said cover to be clamped onto said box in nailing position with a bulge in the center for the accommodation of protruding fruit, and {peans for then naihng said cover to said ox.

20. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes, a foot operate-d reciprocating memher for engaging two opposite edges of a loosely placed box cover and aligning it relative to a box, clamping means on said reciprocating member for clamping the said cover in nai ing position on said box, manually actuated nailing means for then nailin said cover to said box, and means associated with said nailing means for releasing the said box from said clamping means. 21. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes, manually operated members for engaging two opposite edges of a loosely placed ox cover and aligning it relative to abox, manually operated clamping means for then clamping said cover to said box, manually contr lled nailing means for than nalhng the said cover to the said box, and means for releasing saidclamping means to free said box from said machine. a

22. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising manually operated pivoted members for engaging two opposite edges of a loosely placed cover and aligning it relative to a box, means for converting'said aligning members into cover clamping members whereby through further manipulation the saidcover is clamped in nailing position on the said box, and means for then nailing said cover to said box.

23. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising members for engaging two opposite edges of a loosely placed cover and aligning it relative to a box, means for converting said aligning members into clamping members whereby through further manipulation the said cover is clamped into nailing position on said box, manual means for then bringing into operation cooperative nailing means for nailin said cover to said box, and means for re easing said clamping means to free said box from said machine.

24. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising oppositely disposed pivoted members for embracing the edges of a loosely placed box cover and aligning it relative to a box while undergoing pivotal movement, means for holding said pivoted members in aligned position and converting them into clamping members whereby through further movement they act to clamp opposite edges of the said coverto the said box, and separate means for then nailing said cover to said box.

25. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising a reciprocating cross head carrying oppositely disposed pivoted members for embracing two edges of a box cover and aligning it relative to a box while undergoing pivotal movement, means for locking said members against further pivotal movement and thereby converting them into cover clamping members, means for reciprocating said cross head whereby said cover is clamped into nailing position on said box, means for locking said cross head in clamping position, means for nailing said clamped cover to said box, and means associated therewith for automatically releasing said clamping means to free said box from said machine.

26. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising a member having movement relative to a box, said member in its entirety comprising an aligning and box "cover clamping means, mam ulative mechanism whereby the member rst acts as an aligning member and then through continued movement acts as a cover clamping member, the transition from one to the other being automatic, and associated means for nailing "the'said cover to the said box while clamped in position by said clamping member.

27. In a. machine for nailing covers to boxes com rising a member having movement relative to a box, said member carry ing movable means, opposite] Y disposed, having two distinct functons, rst that of box cover aligning and positioning, and sec- 0nd that of box cover clamping, the two said functions coming into action automatically through continued movement of the parts, means for then nailing the said cover to the box, and means for replacing the combined members to their normal inactive positions.

28. A box cover nailing machine comprising means for engaging the ends of a positioned cover for forclng the same into contact with the end box walls, means for positioning cleats transversely of and at the respective ends of the cover, and means for nailing the cover to the box.

29. A box cover nailing machine comprising means for engaging the ends of a positioned cover for forcing the same into contact with the end box walls, means for positioning cleats transversely of and at the respective ends of the cover, and means for nailing the cover to the box through the cleats.

30. A box cover nailing machine comprising means for holding cleats so as to overlie the respective ends of a positioned box cover,

means for moving the cleat holding means to position the cleats transversely of the box cover ends in contact therewithand for forcingl the cover ends into contact with a box en and means for nailing the cover to the box through the cleats.

31. A box cover nailing machine comprising means for holding cleats so as to overlie the respective ends of a box cover, means for moving the cleat holding means to position the cleats transversely of the box cover ends and to align the cover ends with the box end and to force the cleats into contact with the cover endscand for forcin the cover ends in contact with the box en and means'for nailing the cover to the box end through the cleats.

32. A box cover nailing machine comprising cleat holding means pivotally movable into cleat receiving position, cover ends engaging means carrving the cleat holding means and pivotally movable therewith, means for operating the cover holding means to force the cover ends into box engaging position, and means for nailing the cover ends to the box end through the cleats.

33. A box cover nailing machine comprising pivotally mgunted cover and engaging means, cleat holding and positioning means carried thereby, means for pivotally mounting the cover engaging means to permit the same to swin into and out of operative position, means or moving the cover end engaging means into cover end engaging position to force the cover ends into contact with a box end, and means for nailing the cover ends to the box end.

34. In amachine for nailing covers to boxes comprising operable pivoted members each for releasably receiving and holding a cover cleat and adapted for movement to position said cleats transversely overlying opposite ends of a cover, said members adapted for engaging the opposite ends'of a loosely positioned cover and lining it to a box, means for moving said positioned mem bers in alignment with the box end to clamp the cover thereto, and means for nailing the cover to the box end while clamped thereto.

35. In a machine for the described purpose, means for engaging cover cleats and for moving the same in position to clamp the cover in place on a box, said means comprisng two members for engagin the cover on two 0 posite ends. and more 1e toward the box or pressing said cover edges into contact with the box through said cleats, and means for then nailing the positioned edges of the cover to the box through the cleats.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE DAVID PARKER.

same to swin into and out of operative position, means tin moving the cover end engaging means into cover end engaging position to force the cover ends into contact with a box end, and means for nailing the cover ends to the box end.

34. In a machine for nailing covers to boxes comprising operable pivoted members each for releasably receiving and holding a cover cleat and adapted for movement to position said cleats transversely overlying opposite ends of a cover, said members adapted for engaging the opposite ends of a loosely positioned cover and lining it to a box, means for moving said positioned members in alignment with the box end to clamp the cover thereto, and means for nailing the cover to the box end while clamped thereto.

35. In a machine for the described purpose, means for engaging cover cleats and for moving the same in position to clamp the cover in place on a box, said means comprisng two members for engaging the cover on two opposite ends and movable toward the box for pressing said cover edges into contact with the box through said cleats, and means for then nailing the positioned edges of the cover to the box through the cleats.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE DAVID PARKER.

DISCLAIMER 1,576,213.Ge0rge David Parker, Riversi NAILING MACHINE. 14, 1934, by Clara B.

de, Calif. COMBINED Patent dated March 9, 1926. Disclaimer filed May Parker, as exeeutrix.

COVER PRESS AND Hereby enters this disclaimer to the subject-matter constituting claim 13 of the said patent, which reads as follows:

"In amachine for v a runway down which boxes 1n said runway, cover nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising are passed in sequence, a machine table forming a link positioning and clamping means and cover nailing means arranged over said runway, and manually manipulative means for bringing said clamping means and said nailing Gazette'June 5, 1934.]

means into each box as 1t is passed along the said runway.

successive operation to nail a cover to DISCLAIMER 1,576,213.George David Parker, Riverside, Calif. COMBINED COVER Pnnss AND NAILING MACHINE. Patent dated March 9, 1926. Disclaimer filed May 1 14, 1934, by Clare B. Parker, as executrix.

Hereby enters this disclaimer to the subject-matter constituting claim 13 of the said patent, which reads as follows:

In a machine for nailing covers to over filled orange and apple boxes comprising a runway down which boxes are passed in sequence, a machine table forming a link in said runway, cover positioning and clamping means and cover nailing means arranged over said runway, and manually manipulative means for bringing said clamping means and said nailing means into successive operation to nail a cover to each box as it is passed along the said runway.

[Ofimlal Gazette June 5, 193 .1 

